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Claudius angustatus (Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle; Narrow-bridge turtle)

Synonyms: Claudius megalocephalus

Wikipedia Abstract

The narrow-bridged musk turtle (Claudius angustatus) is a species in the family Kinosternidae found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. As of 2010, it is the only recognised extant species in the genus Claudius.
View Wikipedia Record: Claudius angustatus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  200 grams
Female Weight [1]  200 grams
Gestation [1]  4 months 3 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [2]  16 years

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Herpetodiplostomum delillei[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0